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Famous people · Bellerive-sur-Allier, Allier

4 famous people were born in Bellerive-sur-Allier

Bruno Valencony, the French association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Didier Bariani and Raymond Badiou. Fewer than a quarter of the 121 towns in Allier with famous people list more. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.

#1 best knownBruno ValenconySports · born 1968
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bruno Valencony
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1894
Paul Devaux
Youngest
1968
Bruno Valencony
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Bellerive-sur-Allier

Two of the three are leaders.

Bruno Valencony#1
Sports

Bruno Valencony

born 1968

French association football player

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Didier Bariani#2
Politics & Law

Didier Bariani

born 1943

French politician

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Raymond Badiou#3
Politics & Law

Raymond Badiou

1905–1996

French politician (1905–1996)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Bellerive-sur-Allier’s famous people were born

The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 1.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Paul DevauxRaymond BadiouDidier BarianiBruno Valencony
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Bellerive-sur-Allier is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Bellerive-sur-Allier

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Vichy, with 85.

Questions about famous people from Bellerive-sur-Allier

Who is the most famous person from Bellerive-sur-Allier?

Bruno Valencony (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Didier Bariani and Raymond Badiou.

How many famous people were born in Bellerive-sur-Allier?

4 people born in Bellerive-sur-Allier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Bellerive-sur-Allier known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bellerive-sur-Allier?

Paul Devaux, born in 1894. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.

Who counts as from Bellerive-sur-Allier?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bellerive-sur-Allier itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.

Why is someone missing?

Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.

From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.